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I'm very excited to share the second episode of the Woolful podcast. Today we get to meet two amazing fiber enthusiasts, Jerome Sevilla of Grid Junky and Sarah Higgins of Sarah In Pursuit.
Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Tolt Yarn and Wool, my favorite yarn shop. In 2013, Anna Dianich opened Tolt Yarn and Wool. a local yarn shop in Carnation Washington. Most recently she launched an online shop, full of yarns each with their own story and each handpicked by Anna. You couldn't ask for more soul when it comes to a yarn shop. Visit toltyarnandwool.com
Fiber folk 1: Sarah is a designer, photographer, and blogger based on the Central Coast of California. You can find her at sarahinpursuit.com and on Instagram @sarah_inpursuit. It was a lot of fun to talk with Sarah about how her journey in fiber was born as a child through her Waldorf education and how it's transpired over the years and evolved into a new adventure with Monarch Knitting.
Man on the street: For this week's "Man on the Street" I asked a couple fiber enthusiasts to answer the following question, "What is your favorite vintage or thrifted, fiber related find and what made it so special?" We had some great replies from Melissa (@hey_lady_hey) and Barb (@stixandstring)
Fiber folk 2: When it comes to recycling I'm not sure I've met a more intriguing ambassador than our second guest, Jerome Sevilla. Several years back he began sourcing all of the yarn he knits and designs with from knitted garments he thrifts or finds, and he's become quite passionate about sharing his experience. Jerome is a true master and craftsman, with a deep obligation to ensure the best possible work. You can find him at gridjunky.blogspot.com and on Instagram @gridjunky.
Giveaway: The winner of last week's giveaway, is MissMardi. You've won two skeins of Canopy in Fingering! Congratulations!
Our giveaway this week is sponsored by Monarch Knitting, a local yarn shop based in Pacific Grove, California.
One of the favorite yarns of our first guest Sarah, is Woolfolk Far, so we're giving away two skeins plus Knop, the Fisherman's Rib Hat Pattern. To enter this giveaway, visit the giveaway post on Instagram @woolful and tag a friend in the comments. You can also enter by leaving a comment below.
Music by Jónsi.
Transcription of episode:
Ashley: Welcome to Woolful, a podcast for fiber folk. I'm very excited to share with you some incredible people I've had the opportunity to talk to in this community we love so much. From shearers and shepherds to knitters and shop owners, here's where you get to listen to a little part of their fiber journey.
This episode is sponsored by Tolt Yarn and Wool. In 2013, Anna Dianich opened Tolt Yarn and Wool. a local yarn shop in Carnation Washington. Most recently she launched an online shop, full of yarns each with their own story and each handpicked by Anna. You couldn't ask for more soul when it comes to a yarn shop. Visit toltyarnandwool.com
Today we get to meet two amazing fiber enthusiasts, Jerome Sevilla of Grid Junky and Sarah Higgins of Sarah In Pursuit.
Sarah is a designer, photographer, and blogger based on the Central Coast of California. You can find her at sarahinpursuit.com and on Instagram @sarah_inpursuit. Her passion for knitting and thrifting is something I can surely relate to, and I know many of you will too. And with that, here's Sarah.
*Sarah's interview transcription will be added shortly. Thanks for your patience!*
Ashley: For this week's "Man on the Street" I asked a couple fiber enthusiasts to answer the following question, "What is your favorite vintage or thrifted, fiber related find and what made it so special?" Here's what they had to say…
Melissa: Hey, this is Melissa Stajda. You can find me on Instagram as @hey_lady_hey and HeyLadyHey on Ravelry and Etsy. I wanted to share with you my favorite fiber related thrift find. About 10 years in North Carolina I rescued my favorite vintage embroidery piece. It's about 2×3 on simple cotton and it's a very simple picture of a mama deer and baby deer. It looks as if the person didn't finish it completely maybe when they were working on it they weren't very confident in their embroidery skills. Everyone who comes to my house kinda looks at it and wonders why do you have this and why do you love it so much. Pieces like that are usually my favorite. They may not be full of technical skills but you can really see the artist's hand and tell where they kinda went off path a little and made it their own. Those pieces are really my favorite, whether they're lumpy and bumpy handspun yarn, not so perfect embroidery or knitting that's not so perfect. Any fiber related projects that aren't perfect are usually my favorite.
Barbara: This is Barbara calling from Calabasas California and you can find me on Instagram @StixandString. So my favorite vintage thrifted fiber related find is I love textiles, so going through thrift shops and antique stores and finding spools of yarn or embroidery thread or lace, and also small hankies and things like that. Those are some of my favorite finds. I like to incorporate them into projects that I'm making, whether they be knitting projects or embroidery projects. A runner up would be buttons, I love vintage buttons and just those details that help add something special to a project and also tell a story, because all those pieces of history that you add are something to make it special. And that's what I love the most.
Ashley: When it comes to recycling I'm not sure I've met a more intriguing ambassador than our next guest, Jerome Sevilla. Several years back he began sourcing all of the yarn he knits and designs with from knitted garments he thrifts or finds, and he's become quite passionate about sharing his experience. You can find him at grid junky.blogspot.com and on Instagram @gridjunky. And with that, here's Jerome.
Ashley: I am really, really fascinated, about your journey to becoming a knitter and how you're interest in fiber and textile started well also about this whole recycling yarn and using it. So why don't you tell me a little bit about your journey into the world of knitting and textiles and all that.
Jerome: Yeah, sure. Well, it was actually pretty accidental. If there's anything that anybody has learned about me from knowing me it's that I'm a very kind of spontaneous, unfettered kind of person and I just do whatever I want and that's basically what happened with knitting is that I found the tools and the materials to do it and I just did it. I initially started with crochet, which is really easy to pick up and it was kind of like a gateway drug if you will into knitting and ever since I picked up knitting I had never gone back to crochet. I haven't crocheted anything since I first started but that was my initial gateway into knitting and that just happened out of curiosity, the whole thing. I found the knitting needles in my mother's stuff and that just happened to be around the house. This is the internet age so I pulled up YouTube and I looked up how to do it and it was just kind of all downhill from there really. It's amazing how much you could learn from the internet these days and it was within a matter of maybe three months until I was consistently knitting every day and really committing to the craft. It took me about three or four months or something like that to really just get into it and really realize that I loved it. But that's how that started. It was just a really, a really spontaneous kind of thing for me.
Ashley: So I've seen through your Instagram that you're not only a knitter but you're very into textiles and different stitch patterns—how do you spend your day in fiber?
Jerome: I usually just stick to a really tried and true kind of like schedule of what I do every day because it's really important for me to do the creative thing, whatever it is, every day. Every single day you have to do it, you have to—it's like those Kung Fu movies when they go through that little montage and they're just like practicing and practicing, beating up the dummies and everything. It's a really important part of it of craftsmanship in general that you do it every single day and just master the craft. And so I follow a strict schedule in which I get up in the morning, make the coffee, bang out the morning knitting and then boom, my knitting is done. I just need to get through some knitting in the morning and I'm okay. If that knitting stretches out into the afternoon, then great. Otherwise, I will always be knitting something and then if I feel like changing into the Sashiko project that I'm working on then I will. There's no pressure on that because that's a personal project and the knitting is something that I do for my Etsy shop. So that's why the knitting really needs to happen, every single day because that shop production needs to happen. So I'll start it in the morning and if I'm not in pain by the afternoon I'll just keep going. Yeah, that's pretty much it.
Ashley: Tell me a little bit more about this Sashiko work that you're doing? How it started for you and what you're working on right now.
Jerome: Initially I had looked up stuff on the internet where I was looking at what's called Boro which is like a vintage fabric that was made like way back in the Meiji period and the Edo periods in which the poor people of Japan would mend and make do which was what we call it now which is to use patch work use reinforcement stitching on clothes to extend the life of them. And over the years, these sort of heritage textiles were passed down from generation to generation not necessarily out of some sense of heirloom qualities but just out of necessity that they were poor and I've really connected with that because my family was poor. We didn't have anything for the longest time. I remember when I was young and we had to save a lot of things so I really made a connection with that. And when I read more about Boro in about how it was just essentially recycled fiber and recycled textiles then I instantly made a connection because recycling fibers and textiles is a major part of my work. So the more I got into it, the more I realized that I was more interested in the sewing and the construction as well as the deconstruction of recycling materials and there's just this kind of drive that I have for it. It's really kind of hard to explain without it kind of starting to sound like artist. Because like it starts getting artistic after a while because thinking of something physically, visually demonstrating my thought process is with the fiber and textiles. It's kind of difficult to explain without me sounding like a crazy person.
Ashley: No, I love the crazy person.
Jerome: Yeah, well, you've got to be driven by something I guess. But yeah, I started getting into that just out of curiosity and again empowered by the internet and all of the information that we could just derive from it and just look at what I could do and just did it. And the linen pieces that you could see on my Instagram feed, they are actually my shorts and pants that I had been holding on to. They are 100% linen so they lasted since—I've had them since high school. I'm in my 40s now. It's crazy because they're at this point where the fibers are so well worn and over washed and super soft that they have this magnificent feel to them and drape so I really want to save it somehow so I decided to work on it in Boro Sashiko kind of fashion. But that's where I am at that. And that's really the only project that I have in Sashiko.
Ashley: It's incredible. I've just been kind of looking at the photos that you post intermixed with all your knitting photos. I feel like it's been popping up a lot more and more like in my Instagram feed. I love doing anything with my hands and particularly I'm fascinated by hand sewing and hand quilting and hand stitching. Because and I think you can probably resonate a lot with this but there's makers and then there's makers that are driven to be purists in their craft and I think any person that expresses their creativity no matter how they do it is amazing and incredible. But I'm really drawn to those at that don't just grab fabric from the store and stitch something on their sewing machine but that actually take the time and passion and energy to invest and do something by hand. My great grandmother hand quilted quilts for many, many years. She's since passed away but I remember when I was in my teenage years going to her house and she is just had so, so many hand quilted pieces and I keep telling myself, someday I'm going to do that. Someday I'm going to quilt and probably be the only one I ever make but I'm going to do it by hand because I don't know, there is something about that pure, unadulterated, non-machined thing.
Jerome: Yeah. And it's a great commitment too. I mean if you look at the longevity of some projects. I mean I've had knitting projects that have lasted in like nine months so really it's just a question of are you committed to doing this thing, this hard thing that's going to produce this magnificent piece at the very end, are you going to commit to that? And you're right, not very many people do. I think if we were to take knitting as an example, if you look up knitting on the internet all we see is like worsted, bulky, chunky, worsted, worsted, chunky and the reason for that is because it's easier. I mean more people are doing it because it's easier. I mean the craftsmanship is there yeah sure but I mean if you were to take the time to do something at a higher gauge at a higher resolution, so to speak, it would be more beautiful and would demonstrate your craftsmanship better. It would represent knitting much better and that's why I tend to do it more often is that not very many people are doing it for one thing but also because it's a good thing to commit to. Because the end result will still represent your brand when it comes down to it. And I never been much for chunky. I don't know, I like chunky but you know.
Ashley: Yeah, no I know what you're saying. I was just having a conversation with a gal earlier this morning and we're just talking about how it's very interesting people's journeys as knitters. Oftentimes the interest—the seed is planted as a child and then as you go through your life, maybe you're not actively doing knitting or whatever craft it was that was introduced to you when you're young but you developed this character traits as you get older like patience and being dedicated to something and commitment and follow through. And then as you get older and if you're reintroduced to that or you decide to pick it up again, how it's a very different approach and I think oftentimes when you really start knitting you are introduced to big needles, chunky yarn because it is a quick knit. It's an easy thing and I myself did that and even from time to time like if I'm knitting a little baby hat I'll do that but it's much less about the time and now much more about the end fabric like what is the texture of that fabric and I'm very, very drawn woolen spun fiber. It just fascinates me, the different textures and I used to be so intimidated by knitting with fingering weight and now I'm like give me some more of that—I'll take it, I'll do it.
Jerome: Well, yeah and if you'll notice like I don't know if it's the same for you but I've noticed that for me it's just easier on my fingers. The stress on my muscles is less when I'm doing and like fingering and lace weights. I don't get sore like when I work on fingering and lace weights. Whereas with worsteds and bulkies, you're going through a lot of muscle motion because you're manhandling these fibers or these yarns that are just really big and getting them up around the needles and finagling them around with the needles it's a lot more stressful, I've noticed. So I have a tendency to just do it because it just doesn't hurt—it doesn't cause pain for me later. No. Is it the same for you?
Ashley: It's funny that you say that because I've been pretty obsessed lately with this yarn, it's Cormo and it's like the softest yarn I've ever knit with and soft with still that dense wool characteristics. And I had bought all this worsted weight, I just finished this scarf, I knit the whole drive to Idaho and you're right. As you're talking right now, I'm like yeah. There's a texture and something that I love about it but you're definitely right about how you get more tired like you can feel it in your hands. I knit a sweater for myself out of all Brooklyn Tweed loft which is the fingering weight and you're right. I remember I just knit and knit and knit and knit that and I didn't even think about the fact that it was so thin or that it was taking me forever because it was I don't know more lightweight I guess.
Jerome: Yeah. When you think about, if you were to have clock your stitches per hour I would imagine that your stitches per hour would have been higher because for one thing it's a finer fabric but also because it's less stress on your hands so you end up knitting more. So in a sense, it's much more efficient to do like fingering weights in terms of the end product. I'm not trying to knock worsted or anything like that. I mean because it has its place. I did a sweater in worsted knit, I love it. It's great. And my hats in worsted are some of my favorite hats, it's just I think what I'm getting at is the doing of it. There's something to be said to be doing hard things I guess is what it is and I've always been one to do hard things so with knitting that was definitely a thing for me. That also because, I was going to mention this before but we live in California so it's not like we get super insane winters where we need worsted weights all the time. I mean like we had some really totally lame winters. I mean common, it didn't even get that cold last year. It probably won't get that cold this year so there's the necessity of it just simply isn't there for me to make chunky knits. Other than Montana, maybe yeah sure or like Idaho for that matter because it looked freaking cold in your picture. It looks freaking cold.
Ashley: It is so cold and it's funny because I'm originally from Seattle. I moved to the bay area a year ago and we've gone home and visited a lot and I didn't really think about—I mean I knew it was fall and I was excited for it but I didn't really think about how cold it was going to be. And I had just finished knitting my husband this sweater and I was like, okay this will be the Idaho sweater and I got here yesterday and I stepped outside, oh my gosh I am so not prepared for this and I'm so glad that I'm a knitter because now I'm going to put all these things to use that I've been like stocking up.
Jerome: I just wanted to be more cold so I could knit more I guess and be more, I don't know but at the same I'm so thankful to live in California just because I don't have to knit those bulky things. It's funny too because yesterday, this is the spontaneity thing that I had mentioned before but yesterday I bought a rigid heddle loom yesterday. I've been really wanting it and I have made a huge sale like last week or something like that and so I can finally afford a rigid heddle loom so I ordered one yesterday and I have been reading about it. And those hard things just like are kind of creeping because now I did the research and I bought what I needed to make fine fabrics on a rigid heddle which means you need to get a second heddle kit to attach to the loom and all of that stuff. But I researched it and everything so I'm kind of excited about that.
Ashley: I can't wait to see. Weaving has been one of those things that I've been like, okay Ashley you don't need any more things on your plate right now even though it looks really awesome. So I've kind of been like putting it off–
Jerome: Oh come on.
Ashley: –I know. I know and my friend, Annie, she's a knitter designer and she lives up in Humboldt County and we're just visiting her in a month ago and we're in the guest house and I went upstairs and there was this huge loom
Jerome: Yeah, oh God, I'm so envious for floor looms. That's what I really want is, well not the big gigantic ones. The one I'm looking at is called David by Louet and it's kind of like this medium-sized smaller floor loom that looks really cool. It looks it could still fit through a doorway, which is what I like about it. So it looks like an arcade cabinet in a way in the size of it but little bit shorter but it's so cool. If I had that, I would do so much stuff with it but it's like a computer like the price points, like a computer. It's like a brand new Mac. I need a brand new Mac. Maybe we'll see how the rigid heddle goes and if there's profit in that I will be able to afford it so we'll see. And it's funny because I have to start researching like those price points too for something like that in an Etsy shop. I haven't even done market research for pricing for like a woolen scarf so I don't really know. I just wanted to do it so I went for it.
Ashley: I love it. I definitely plan on getting into it at some point. I think, you know, we live in San Francisco and we live in a tiny little junior bedroom apartment with my one-year old and my wool has pretty much taken over majority of the house already. I was like okay, I started to get in to the natural dyeing which takes up more space and you know, I'm like okay I need to–
Jerome: Oh yeah, outside space.
Ashley: –Yes, I need an outside space. So in time and I'll watch your journey and it will probably tempt me more and then what do you know, I will probably get into it too.
Jerome: Yeah, it's not that big of a commitment. My bill came out to about 450, I believe everything what I needed which included because you need to get the stand otherwise it's going to be hell in your back. So like that adds like 100 to 200 dollars depending on which loom that you get. That's like a good 100-dollar chunk that gets like stapled on there. But 450 is not a bad entry.
Ashley: No, not at all.
Jerome: It sort of that interpretation in that movie Ratatouille that anyone can cook. It's not necessarily that anybody can be great it's just that greatness can come from anywhere, basically. For me like, I mean it's was just a question of selling three things and I was there so I had to commit to doing good work and getting to a certain point to afford this kind of entry way into weaving which I wanted for a long time. I mean in terms of wanting it I think I scored pretty high, I really want it. It was just kind of getting completely retarded sitting here waiting for it to arrive in the mail. I just really want to do it. So yeah, I am just really excited about that.
Ashley: So do you plan on using your recycled fiber for your weaving?
Jerome: Yes, absolutely. I got a ton of cotton that I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with. I really don't know what to do with it. I could knit with it but I really don't want to because that's not the fabric that I want. I want woven cotton and knitted wool, if that makes any sense.
Ashley: Yup.
Jerome: I guess I'm a purist.
Ashley: Love it.
Jerome: Or even linen but I don't have any linen yarn but I have a lot of cotton and I want to weave it. Definitely recycle
Ashley: That's perfect segue into my next question which is I really want to hear about your process around recycling yarn and kind of, I'm imagining based on our previous conversation Sashiko that a lot of the motivation to use recycled yarn comes from the same place but I don't know. Tell me a little bit about how you got into using recycled fiber and kind of what you process is around using it.
Jerome: I started knitting in 2009, at the very end of 2009 and at that time, we had down in the south bay we had only one LYS, I think we had two. One of them is Bobbin's Nest in Santa Clara and the other one was Green Planet in Los Gatos. I visited these stores as a new knitter thinking I needed to buy yarn I guess right. So I go down to the yarn store and these price points were just ridiculous. They were just completely ridiculous. If I were like to knit a scarf it would cost me upwards to 78 bucks. I was like screw this. So once again I looked up on the internet what can I do and recycling yarn was one of them. And so I thought okay sure I'll try this. So I looked it up took all my notes and then went out and try it and it was like a huge success. As a matter of fact the sale that I made just recently to buy my weaving loom was from one of the first sweaters that I recycled and at that time I wasn't documenting my process or anything. I only took the picture of the yarn when it was finished and completely done. I didn't take pictures of while I was unraveling and all that which I love to do now but it was funny because that was like one of the first sweaters that I ever recycled and it was my sister's sweater dress from the GAP that she was getting rid of and I asked her if I can have it. It was totally easy the recycling process. It was so easy. And basically what it translated to was if you have the time to unravel an entire sweater, it will save you so much money. That sweater dress didn't cost me anything but at that time, I was buying sweaters and knits from the flea market for a dollar a piece. A dollar for like a sweater's worth of Alpaca or a sweater's worth of silk which is the silk that I'm using with the linen and silk Sashiko project that I have on my Instagram as recycled from a Jane Barnes silk top and the silk is just amazing in terms of quality. It's just crazy amazing. It's a multi-strand structure but it's so strong and it's so light and the colors kind of through the roof consistent and it's really professional looking and those kinds of little discoveries of quality were just hard to pass up. I have never bought yarn ever since I start recycling and I still have the yarn that I did buy just sitting in my stash. I never used it. So recycling has been an occupation. I love it. But I guess I have the time to do it.
Ashley: I've seen a few people that have played with it but your dedication to it has been outstanding. In everything that you do there's a passion behind it and that drives a lot of what you do which I think is great. So how do you deconstruct a sweater?
Jerome: It depends. I think I've been getting a lot of wool and, how can I put this? Oh you know how like on the Discovery Channel and History Channel, they had these shows about people that just go out, they pick things, garbage or whatever and then will take it home and they'll make something magnificent out of it that's basically what I'm doing, it relies on your ability to pick. Are you good at picking? And you have to kind of develop this ability to find the gold that's buried in the garbage so to speak so you need to know what to look for. And one of the things to look for is the seams in which the garment is composed of because the seams will determine whether it's a viable piece to recycle or not and those seams are crochet, what is it called, chains; they're crochet chains. So if you find the end of the crochet chain you just zip it off and boom the sleeve that came off and then you find the other seam that connects the front piece to the back piece and you zip that off and if you were to see it you'll be like oh my God I totally recognize this because you're a knitter or you've done crochet or whatever. I think as knitters and crocheters we have this advantage over saying like a weaver that had never knit or crocheted a chain before, you wouldn't be able to recognize it. So as knitters, I think we have that advantage. But basically yeah, you just have to look for what makes it recyclable and what makes it not recyclable and just pass up the things that you can't use. The garbage just look for the gold. Because when it comes down to it I mean like, have you seen some of my Tumblr posts in which I go sequence per sequence from the beginning when it's a sweater into it's completely washed into yarn? I'll send you one.
Ashley: Yeah, send it to me. I haven't.
Jerome: I have a black one and a white. And yeah, that process kind of takes me in total with drying time and everything but two days total from unwashed sweater to all the way to washed yarn, it takes about two days. So if it's going to take you two days to do something, it better be this magnificent wool that's in great condition because I'm not going to go through all that trouble for some sweater that's just destroyed. You know what I'm saying? So again, it's all about the pick. Are you a good picker? And that will determine your results and that comes with practice.
Ashley: Gosh I love that. I don't have TV but my parents whenever we go and visit them that was one of their favorite shows, it was one of those picking shows and it's fascinating to me. I'm a big thrifter and vintage store hunter, I always look for the thing that no one knows that they got. And so, yeah I can really relate to that, probably that feeling of satisfaction when you find it too.
Jerome: Yeah, totally. I mean there was like pieces that I found that I was just like embarrassing myself with how happy I was getting, standing there at the flea market cheering or whatever. I felt totally ridiculous but that's how it is. When you find gold, it's just like wohoo yeah!
Ashley: Yeah
Ashley: So whenever I've unwound, like frogged something, you know the plies sometimes with different types of yarn, the plying comes undone and it doesn't hold its shape. Is that something that you find with the fiber that you recycle? Or do you usually try to work with single ply or?
Jerome: No, as a matter of fact, I kind of stay away from single ply. I don't really like it. I mean I like single ply if it's like brand new from, I don't know, from a reputable maker of yarn but in terms of recycled single ply, it's never in any good condition. It's like always destroyed or felted or something like that. All the singles that I have ever found were not worth getting and I've never bought them. It's kind of crazy but it's a bulk of the yarn that I do get is of the multi-strand structure. So it will be like a two-ply that has three strands of it all held together. If that makes any sense. You know what I'm talking about right?
Ashley: Yeah.
Jerome: I've grown accustom to working with it like that. I found some that actually they look like a single ply but it's like a deception. It was like a two-ply that was held together with a couple of single plies and they just kind of spiral together to look like a single ply but they weren't really a true single. And those held their shape and again in terms of I guess like a fiber quality it's all in the pick, you need to be able to look at it and say is this going to hold together, is this damaged in some way, was this left in the sun, is it brittle; you know that kind of thing. That comes with experience. When I know that I'm going to go and look for sweaters I'll bring like a tapestry blunt, a blunt needle, and I will pull up a stitch on the sweaters, like pull up random stitches in different areas to see if that fiber is destroyed or damaged or anything. I'll pull up like an inch worth of yarn from a single stitch just to look at it and that helps me a lot to determine for one thing how many strands are being held together if it's a single, it's a better way to look at the yarn without to having to unravel the whole thing. So I guess that's the checks, it's a good tip.
Ashley: Yeah, That is a good tip.
Jerome: It fits inside my wallet so I carry it around. It's still in there actually because I totally—yeah that's in there. It's all in the picks.
Ashley: That's awesome. All the different hats and different garment pieces that you make in particular, gosh I love the cowl that you recently did or scarf that you designed, are those your own pattern designs that you're creating?
Jerome: Yeah, I don't knit at all from other people's patterns. That's like a thing for me. I'm not going to sell something that I didn't design myself and I think one of the things like I talk about when I did my interview with Content Magazine was that this is all about design. It's not really about knitting. I mean I have a passion for fiber and everything that's an innate interest for me because I grew up in a family, my mom was a seamstress and her mom was a seamstress, my sister doesn't even care so like it kind of just came to me but when it comes to knitting it's really about design. It's an opportunity to explore what I want to think about because knitting in it of itself and weaving in the same way too is a grid—it's a grid of stitches and within that grid anything can happen. You can create whatever you want. And the same goes for graphic design which is something that I was trained in and it as a huge impact on my work, the design process that I learned as a graphic designer and I apply that to my knitting patterns in the same way that I apply it semi layouts and in design for example or my illustrations and illustrator. It's about creating something within a grid structure in a format. And the designs that I come up with are really kind of spontaneous. It's sort of like—have you done any programming? —I'm not saying that I'm like a genius or anything when it comes to coding because I'm not but the principles are the same. You create these foundations, framework in which things are supposed to happen and then you allow the program to run and all those things happen. So in that sense my work is very spontaneous and I've set the foundations of what should be happening and allow the knitting to make it to happen. Does that make sense? It's like a program.
Ashley: Makes total sense.
Jerome: So in some of my working progress photos, you'll see that there's little markers and you can see that there's markers on my knitting needles and I work with circulars and you'll see this little markers. Each of those markers is a line of code. It defines that something needs to happen at that point, right. That's the most basic sense, that's what markers do. They mark where something is supposed to happen. The only difference is that my markers move. That's what makes my hats look the way they do is that those markers all of them move. That's why there's diagonals, things like that. So when I program those in my notes, those markers represent what markers typically do but the only difference is that they move, really.
Ashley: That's a great metaphor.
Jerome: Yeah, do you know what I'm talking about? Sometimes, I kind of sound like a crazy person.
Ashley: The way you just described that at least for me, maybe it's because I work in a tech industry with a bunch of engineers. I've never thought about that way.
Jerome: One or zero, binary.
Ashley: Creativity, it's organized chaos. Creating something that's unique but at the same time that there is some kind of order to it. I am curious to hear more about this Content Magazine piece and how that kind of came about what maybe excited you about it.
Jerome: Well, the Content Magazine is a local thing here in San Jose and over the course of I don't know what three years or something like that I had met all sorts of people that have worked with Content Magazine who has worked with their creative directors and their graphic designers and I myself did a few layouts for Content Magazine in the past. Daniel Garcia who is the editor-in- chief of the magazine—if you're looking at the cover that cover image we got together and shot that at Daniel's place and Daniel is in my Instagram feed he's like in there and he's got like a plaid shirt and he's looking at his white balance monitor I think, me and the cultivator working on super-secret stuff that you can't see yet and this was it. This was that cover was what we were working on that day. But yeah that piece, that particular piece is like 100% silk was recycled from a sweater dress, Alfani sweater dress. And the quality of the silk was just so amazing. It was just so beautiful and it wasn't like that crappy silk that stinks. It was like a really high quality silk that had no smell at all. It wasn't damaged or anything. It cost me a dollar and if I were to sell it I would probably ask about a thousand, something like that. Because that is the piece that took me nine months; knitting that thing but it's amazing. If I were offered for the piece I probably wouldn't sell it.
Ashley: So I'm just looking at the cover and can you describe to me what kind of piece it is. Is it like a wrap of some sort?
Jerome: Yeah.
Ashley: Okay.
Jerome: Yeah, it's a triangular scarf that measures, gosh what is it? I think it's nine feet or something on the hypotenuse, with a central spine of, a three-stitch central spine with a reversal ribbing that's like kind of, it's very spontaneous. Each of those ribs that go along that radiate from the spine, they're kind of at desperate lengths. It has a very organic look to it. There is other picture that's inside the issue itself that shows the central spine and you can sort of see that. That particular design was kind of an evolution of a previous design that I did. The one that's on the cover of the magazine, it's called render and the name comes from Photoshop when you do render clouds in Photoshop for example. That's where that comes from and it's an old design called duality.
Ashley: Your thought process and motivation and passion behind what you do, it's simple in nature but it's profound in execution and I think that it's really amazing and I'm really excited that we had a chance to talk today about it.
Jerome: Thank you. Thank you so much.
Ashley: Our giveaway this week is sponsored by Monarch Knitting, an adorable local yarn shop based in Pacific Grove, California. One of the favorite yarns of our first guest Sarah, is Woolfolk Far, so we're giving away two skeins and the Fisherman's Rib hat pattern. To enter this giveaway, visit the giveaway post on Instagram @woolful and tag a friend in the comments. You can also enter by leaving a comment on today's episode's blog post at woolful.com
Ashley: I wanted to make sure and thank today's sponsor again, Tolt Yarn and Wool. With only a few weeks left before Christmas, I couldn't think of a better place to treat yourself or others to for some favorite fiber finds. Share and visit toltyarnandwool.com
Ashley: The biggest of thanks to everyone involved in this weeks episode, Anna, Sarah, Jerome, Ann, Melissa and Barb. I hope you'll join me each week as we talk and learn from more fascinating fiber folk. For podcast notes and transcription, visit woolful.com. If you're interested in being a part of this podcast, shoot me an email at email@example.com Have a wonderful week 🙂


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One Man With One Heart
An historic demonstration of unity took place this week 3,323 years ago.
When the Torah records the arrival of our ancestors at Sinai, it refers to them both in the plural and singular form in order to communicate the message that they achieved unity of being "like one man with one heart."
The most important event in Jewish history, the receiving of the Torah, had to be preceded by a nation of millions blending into one entity.
Unity is unfortunately missing in the Jewish world today. Differences in the level of observance and differences in political orientation characterize the disunity of Jews in Israel. Only in times of trouble do we witness a togetherness which should always be the case.
Let us hope that the echo of that Sinai unity will resound today and unite all Jews in Israel forever.

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It's killing you.
The phrase "Do something you love, and you'll never work another day in your life," although poetic and inspiring, isn't always accurate for entrepreneurs. Studies show that the long days with little downtime ultimately end up taking a toll on your health, relationships, and productivity.
If you work on your own business full time, work-life balance is extremely important. If you work 9-5 and run your own business on the side, work-life balance is critical.
In this post, we'll discuss why finding harmony between work and play is so critical to your success, both in business and in your personal life. You'll also learn ten tips on how to find the elusive work-life balance so you can begin fixing the problem immediately.
It's a very real problem
In a 2013 study on the number of hours per week small business owners work, The Alternative Board found that nearly half of the entrepreneurs worked more than 50 hour per week with nearly 20% working over 60 hours per week.
- 19% work 60+ hours per week
- 30% work 50-59 hours per week
- 33% work 40-49 hours per week
- 14% work 30-39 hours per week
- 5% work less than 30 hours per week
These long weeks, compounded over months and years can have a significant detrimental effect on many aspects of your life and health. In the same study as above, they noted some of the most common stress-related symptoms from overworking:
- Impatience (21%)
- Insomnia (19%)
- Forgetfulness (13%)
- Mood swings (8%)
- Restlessness (7%)
- Boredom (5%)
- Temper outbursts (4%)
If that's not enough, in another study from Stanford, it was found that productivity decreases significantly when a work week hits 50+ hours/week. In fact, when a work week passes 55 hours, productivity plummets so much that there's almost no point in working anymore. It's the law of diminishing returns.
These detrimental effects aren't just limited to your personal health and productivity, the stress and the symptoms that accompany it can also affect your personal relationships with your spouse, family and kids and co-workers. Furthermore, if you're not at your best, your business can't be operating at its optimum and if you work a 9-5 job while you're building your online business, your performance there can take a hit as well. There's a lot at stake.
Don't be fooled
As an entrepreneur, and especially a passionate entrepreneur, it's easy to blur the lines of work and life. Many times work may be enjoyable or have enjoyable aspects to it that each hour melts into the next.
The saying "Do something you love, and you'll never work another day in your life," although poetic and inspiring, isn't always accurate for entrepreneurs. Many times, and more often then we would like to believe, work is work. It's hard, complicated and many times; it's lonely. That's not to say that some aspects of work can't be thoroughly enjoyable, but again, work is work and need to be treated as such.
So how can you find balance amongst your obligation to stay happy, healthy and productive?
10 secrets to achieving a harmonious work-life balance
Maintaining a healthy work-life balance really comes down to recognizing how much is too much and establishing parameters on work and setting goals for life. Below, we have listed several recommended tactics and actions you can implement immediately:
1. Prepare for the upcoming week - One of the best ways to get get more done in the time you have (so you can have more time for life) is to be organized and prepare each week with a list of tasks and activities that need to be done. Take some time at the start of your work week to plan out your upcoming week. Just 15-30 minutes of planning can help provide significant gains in productivity.
2. Take vacations - Vacations neither need to be extravagant or expensive, but taking vacations gives you something to look forward to and act as a great internal reset button.
3. Celebrate all holidays - Don't just take vacations, but celebrate each and every little holiday. Many entrepreneurs see holidays as extra hours they can use to "get ahead". However, holidays, beyond what they are supposed to stand for break up and separate your year. Without them, mornings blend into days, blend into nights, blend into weeks, blend into months. Before you know it, you don't even know what the date is. Your life becomes one long work session. Holidays break up the day-in, day-out grind.
4. Focus on one thing at a time - With the number of hats entrepreneurs must wear to run a business, it's easy to have dozens of tasks that need to be done at any given moment. However, your level of focus is a major contributor to your level of productivity, and it's important to prioritize and focus on completing the most important tasks first before moving on.
5. Develop a morning ritual - Developing a strong morning ritual helps you craft a better, more productive day while also alleviating stress.
6. Disconnect - In today's hyper-connected world we're almost always tethered to technology. You see it everywhere. At a park, restaurant, or special event, heads down in a glowing screen, flicking the reload. Resist the urge. Your personal time should be yours. It shouldn't belong to a social network or your email inbox. Walking the dog? Leave your phone at home. At a restaurant with your significant other? They're the only person you need to be connected with at that time, turn off your phone.
7. Remove apps - For many people, their smartphone is no longer a tool. It's just a focus-sucking bad habit with the ability to download more bad habits for it. Be honest with yourself and ask yourself which apps provide you with true value and which apps are solely sucking your time and causing you stress. Many apps are designed with notification loops that keep you checking, reloading and replying.
8. Designate work hours - It's difficult in today's world with the constant dings of email and social network notifications to not reply when someone comes it. However, setting boundaries when it comes to the hours you work can be critical to your sanity and success. Consider setting work boundaries for each work day and if possible, select one day of the week that you do absolutely no work.
9. Think output, not input - The Pareto principle, also known as 80/20 rule can be applied to so many situations and applying it to help you find work-life balance is no different. Look at all your activities for your business and focus one the one that give you the most significant results while removing the ones that have proved to have little effect on moving the needle.
For example, is your business on multiple social networks and you spend a significant amount of time on social media? Scale back. Choose just one or two channels that are sending you the most customers and ignore the rest.
10. Automate as much as possible - You have the same amount of hours in a day as the world's biggest and most successful entrepreneurs. The difference is many of them have mastered automation and systems to get more done. There are many tools that can help you automate various tasks related to your business. Learn them.
In entrepreneurship, there's always more to do, and there's never enough time. That's entrepreneurship. Most entrepreneurs will at some point work too much, too long and too hard, burning themselves out. While the hustle is important, especially in the early stages of a new business, what's important is to recognize when productivity, health and relationships with those around you begin to dip and do a course correction.
Using some of the simple methods outlined in this post, you can achieve a better work-life balance to stay productive, happy and healthy so you can keep building your business and not burnout.


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That's a darn desirable query. Who receives to decide in case you are for actual or no longer? And just what's "being actual" all approximately? Nicely, being actual approach being your genuine particular self. It way being courageous sufficient to allow your authentic, actual nature shine via — always. The hassle is, most folks make our way via most of our lives with a preverbal veil hung over our spirit. We decrease its light and best permit the little bit that we experience our pals or friends will deem "socially appropriate" to shine through. And that is where the tragedy lies. Due to the fact for lots of us, our potential, our authentic items live hidden for worry of "what will the other guy suppose". Who am i to be the brightest, shiniest, loudest, funniest, happiest model of myself? The better query, as famend religious chief marianne williamson has prompted us with is " who're you no longer to?"
in a current interview i carried out with prominent psychiatrist dr. Mark goulston, he shared an thrilling take on the 3 acts of lifestyles and his enjoy with what it is we try for as individuals all through each respective chapter. In line with dr. Goulston:
act 1: from our young adults to age 40:
— we need a "piece of the movement" — we try for fulfillment. Act 2: ages forty to 65:
— we want "piece of thoughts" — we attempt for balance. Act three: a while sixty five+:
— we want "peace on the earth" — we try for legacy. In order that were given me thinking — i don't need to show round at the age of ninety and have lived a lifestyles devoid of legacy, genuinely due to the fact i used to be too scared to guy-up and virtually delve into my real proper strength. Adequate "wonderful" you say — however what precisely does the street-to-real look like? Nicely, i'm nonetheless in the system of figuring that out, however one aspect i'm able to promise you is if i don't locate my manner to my true real self, i understand deep down i will have missed out on the limitless beauty and splendid potential my lifestyles could have meditated — and with the intention to be my large remorse. And so, with this notice, i invite you to spend a couple of moments in silence with self, and pose the question: "are you for real"? Then definitely pay attention for the answer because it floats in at the winds of your soul…


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With back to school rapidly approaching and shopping carts filling up with pencils, pens, and spiral bound notebooks across the country, often our other priorities get pushed to the side. However, what many fail to realize is that while the pencils are very important without good vision school work and studying is nearly impossible. So how do eye professionals market their services in such a chaotic time with back to school specials everywhere?
The answer is simple: by using informative call to actions throughout your social media pages. Learning problems in school could often be correlated to trouble with the child's eye sight. Experts estimate that 80% of learning is visual, so with poor vision, reading and doing homework is more difficult and frustrating.
Some back to school marketing techniques include:
- Post on your social media platforms reminding parents how important good vision is to their child's success in the classroom.
- Use your cover photo on Facebook to advertise a new special on contact lens pricing or a discount on frames.
- Provide a complimentary gift of back to school supplies for school age children.
- Encourage young adults and teenagers to try contact lenses for a fresh back to school look.
Eye care should be a priority as school approaches; this is a great time to remind your patients about eye health and its correlation to success in the class room. Use these techniques to give your patients a great start to their school year!


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Forget flying cars and jetpacks, WHERE'S MY ROBOT DOG?
Back in the 1990s, the robot dog was the great promise of the future. Or at least that's how '90s kids remember it. By the second decade of the 21st century we were supposed to be ditching Fido for robot dogs like AIBO, seen above showing off a few tricks in 1999.
But it wasn't just robot dogs that were supposed to be the pets of tomorrow. Today, we're taking a look back at six of the things that were supposed to be our household pets of the future: from all things robot to miniature rhinos.
1) Robot Dogs
In 1939, the Westinghouse robot Elektro dazzled audiences at the New York World's Fair. But Elektro seemed a bit lonely. Sure, he could walk and talk and even smoke, but he needed a pal. So by 1940 he started to appear with mechanical man's best friend: Sparko, the robot dog.
The robot dog was supposed to be the absolute must-have pet of the future. The only problem? Robot dogs like Sparko (pictured above) don't look very cuddly and they historically haven't seemed very "smart." The Jetsons even tackled the issue in their fourth episode, concluding that a robo-dog was just more trouble than it was worth.
Good old Astro, the flesh-and-blood dog of tomorrow, may have been imperfect. But even in the mid-21st century, an old fashioned dog was still better than a robot pooch.
Picture: Sparko the electrical dog at the 1940 NY World's Fair via Corbis
2) Miniature Horses
Back in 1905, Life magazine ran this cartoon of the lapdog-sized horse of the future. The magazine insisted that this was still 1,000 years into the future, but given current technological advances, there's no good reason we couldn't do this today. Aside from the fact that horses are just filthy poop machines. There, I said it. Mini-horses would be gross and this opinion is in no way shaded by my miserable allergy to horses.
Picture: 1905 Albert Levering illustration for Life magazine
3) Genetically Engineered Mini-Rhinos
The 1982 book The Kids' Whole Future Catalogue explained that until recently, "it has been possible to cross only species that are very similar. For instance, a mare and a donkey can be crossbred to get a mule, but the reproductive cells of a horse and a dog will not unite."
But soon, that would change. And an entirely new era of weird animal hybrids would bring us the wonder that is the mini-rhino, pictured above. What other bizzaro hybrids would we see? The sky was the limit.
But no man-animal hybrids. At least that's what George Bush promised us back in 2006 — no maninmals, please.
Picture: Mini-rhino of tomorrow from The Kids Whole Future Catalogue
4) Snakes
Today, snakes aren't exactly an average American pet. They're not as common as dogs, cats, or even hamsters. But they do beat out ferrets and gerbils.
Back in the late 19th century, some people insisted that the snake was the pet of the future. Even if they had to be arrested to make sure that could happen.
The 22 August 1872 edition of the Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel in Indiana:
Dogs have nearly had their day, and so have cats. The household pets of the future will be snakes. To be sure, their introduction will meet with opposition, but prejudice will soon wear away. A Mr. Mann, an English music teacher, has been arrested for keeping snakes loose about his house, and allowing them to crawl into the domiciles of his neighbours. Upon the trial it was shown that Mr. Mann's two little children play with and fondle a young Brazilian boa, and Mr. Mann himself asserted that "these creatures are becoming sought after as pets by many private persons, so that it is difficult to buy one at all now."' The spectacle of a Fifth Avenue belle sweeping down Broadway, leading a pet snake by a silk cord fastened to a silver-plated collar, will be the next sensation.
Picture: A tiger snake being handled by the head keeper of Bronx Zoo reptile house in 1922 via Getty
5) Dinosaurs
What kid doesn't want a real-life dinosaur to play with? I know I did. But short of Jurassic Park becoming real, the kids of the 21st century will have to settle for the same robot dinosaur technology that amazed visitors to the 1964 New York World's Fair. Well, not the same technology. But dinosaurs that are much closer to a robot than some real-life Littlefoot.
Picture: Pleo dinosaur robot at the 2012 France Robotics Summit via Associated Press
6) No Animals
And finally, many predicted that the pet of the future was having no pet at all. In fact, some thought we'd have no animals at all. For people of the beforetimes™ who may have seen animals only as a source of profit, this view made sense. Once the machines take over, why would we need beasts of burden?
The horse especially was singled out as set for extinction. Who needed horses in the world when the slick new automobile got everybody where they needed to go without all the horsey waste? Above, we see a French postcard from circa 1900-1910 that predicted the horse would be a mere curiosity by the year 2000.
Picture: French postcard via the National Library of France


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The painted wood was in wonderful condition, but we knew a little reupholstering was in its future. My daughter went to work looking for some fabric that would suit their needs. She finally decided on this fun, swirly canvas fabric found at Hobby Lobby. I've used this fabric for several other projects. It's a great medium weight canvas. Here's what became of that little ol' denim rocker. {I'm hoping this wild and crazy fabric won't keep the baby up at night, but that is not something I'm willing to guarantee.}
Love it!
To recover cushions, just trace around the existing cushion to make a pattern. Then measure the sides and add enough to the edge of the pattern for the sides. Include a seam allowance and you're set!
Something I "fixed" on the rocker were a number of "holes" (like the one below) where screws were placed but not covered with any kind of plug.
I bought a package of 1/2" wood plugs at Hobby Lobby and painted them white. Then I tightened up the screws, put a dollop of wood glue in the holes and plopped a plug into each hole. It gave the chair a more finished look...
My daughter is going to place this rocker in her little boy's nursery that will be decorated in yellow and white -- with a dash of swirly orange. She is planning on incorporating a "robot" theme, so I'll be coming up with a pillow later this week that features R2D2's cousin... ;o)
Chair & Ottoman: Free {Thank you!}
Fabric: 3 yards @ $27
Additional foam cushion for footstool: $3
Wood plugs: $1.50
Velcro: $1.50
Total: $33
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Kinect gets Windows 8 update and releases in China
SDK enhancements for the new OS
Microsoft announced an update to the Kinect for Windows' software development kit, or SDK, in preparation for the launch of Windows 8.
A number of enhancements to the SDK will provide developers with new data in the API for their Kinect applications.
For example, API access to accelerometer data will allow developers to determine the Kinect sensor's orientation, and extended-range depth data will allow Kinect to return data from objects more than four meters away.
Developers will also have access to the Kinect camera's brightness and exposure settings, as well as infrared stream exposure settings, opening up new environments such as low-light settings.
The updated SDK will also better support multiple Kinect sensors working together, with faster infrared sensing and improved skeletal tracking.
Windows 8 compatible
In addition to the Kinect's new technical capabilities from the update, the new SDK makes Kinect sensors compatible with Windows 8, allowing developers to create Windows 8 desktop applications using the 3D camera.
Kinect applications support Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft's .NET Framework 4.5. With the updated SDK, developers can also create Kinect applications for virtual machine environments, including Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare, and Parallels.
Microsoft also launched the Kinect sensor for Windows in China, with launches to soon reach Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and Puerto Rico.
Kinect is still gaining support from various fields, used in applications for manufacturing and even medical purposes, and the new SDK features will help to further expand those uses.
Microsoft has not given up on Kinect for gaming yet either, as recently leaked images hint at an even more accurate sensor in store for firm's next console, commonly referred to as the Xbox 720.
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Girls, 13, taken to hospital after taking "teddy bear" pills
The youngsters swallowed pink, "teddy bear" pills near the Civic Centre in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester and were admitted to hospital on Sunday evening.
They have since been discharged and are currently recovering at home.
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Detective Inspector Gareth Davies, from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: "This could have caused devastation for several families and, as with any illegal drug, there can be serious or even fatal consequences if you use them.
"We don't know exactly what these particular tablets contain and I would urge you not to take them.
"If you are offered drugs, particularly ones which are a pink and purple colour and have teddy markings on them, then please contact police.
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Hide Ad"If you have any information about this incident or have concerns about drugs in the area, I would also urge you to contact police."
Anyone with any information about this incident should call police on 101 quoting incident number 2161 of March 5 2017 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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So finally it came. The long-awaited iPad. I got this as a birthday present from my husband. So I can't really say that I was committed to purchase this gadget myself. I doubt if I would have spent that much $$$ although the model I got is the lowest spec (16GB wi-fi access only). But of course, my wiser half was convinced rightly that I would want one. It arrived yesterday morning with a honk from a UPS truck. I wonder how many same iPad packages the UPS driver delivered that day, but I am pretty sure he had a good idea about what was going on.
So to cut to the chase, this is how it looks. My iPad.
I think I am relatively happy with it although I am not sure how successful it would be as a eBook reader and a PDF reading device, which are the features that I was most looking forward to test. Actually, now that I have spent two days with it, I think I will use the iPad more for watching TV shows/movies (Surprise I rarely watch videos on the computer!) and surfing online. I am not sure if I will use the iPad for any type of serious work other than PDF reading. But the App Store is showing all three productivity apps for the iPad with very high ratings. So I am holding my judgment on this.
The iPad is not as light as I would like, but about half the weight of my small netbook, which can make a big difference when you are traveling. It seems to be pretty sturdy but the screen is very glossy and gets a lot of glare used outdoors or under direct lighting. It is quite fast and the battery seems to last long enough to last the working hours from 8/9 to 5 without recharging. The screen keyboard is usable when the iPad is in a horizontal position but is too sensitive. Lots of typos ensued when I tried to type. The keyboard inputs letters every time the fingers brush on it. Personally, I am very much bummed about the fact that iPad doesn't support as many international keyboards as the iPhone does. What this means to me is that I can't write emails and create documents in Korean. Although this may be a feature that is not widely used, the ease of switching keyboards for different languages was one of the features that distinguished Macs from PCs.
I don't think the iPad will replace my smartphone. Checking emails, Twitter, my calendar, to-do-list, making short notes, taking photos and videos will still be the tasks I perform mostly on my smartphone when I am not using an iPad already for something else. But then there is a chance that I may use the iPad a lot. Iin that case, I will perform these tasks on the iPad rather than on my smartphone. It is to be seen later.
So the question boils down to this: would it be a good reading device? Depending on that, I may or may not carry my iPad around.
First Impression
Yes, you can see your finger prints all over when the light hits the screen. I took it out to the outside. Under the daylight sun, I could see my face and background reflected as if it were a black mirror. The iPad in a box comes with a power code/plug, a tiny little instruction, and nothing else. Not even a cheap wiping cloth.
I wasn't sure what I was going to do with my iPad. My plan was to think about it once it arrives. Well, I had a very difficult time to get it to work and had to spent hours grumbling. As soon as I unboxed the shiny new iPad, of course I plugged right into the power outlet thinking it will work automatically. It didn't. Instead, it showed the sign that I have to hook it up to iTunes first. The instruction also said that I should first download the latest version of iTunes. This took a very long time. Finally, I was done, I hooked up my iPad. I only got an error message saying an iPad requires Mac OS leopard or higher. I got only Tiger on my Mac desktop and haven't updated it. Wouldn't it have been so nice if Apple put that on the instruction sheet? So I took out my Mac laptop (I know I just have so many computers), which has Leopard, downloaded iTunes again and hooked it up. It worked.
But if the iPad is going to work for grandmas and grandpas, they will definitely need some help from their granddaughters and grandsons.
IPad as a Movie player: Thumbs Up
It is quite accurate to think that an iPad is a big iPhone with limited functionalities but with a bigger screen. Initially my response to an iPad was lukewarm. It didn't seem to do anything special that I couldn't do with my iPhone and a netbook. Well, that was my thought until I downloaded the ABC player app and watched a few episodes of FlashForward and Modern Family. IPad rocks as a video player. The screen is awesome for playing a video and the lack of keyboard is a huge advantage in this type of use. I could watch a TV episode lying down on the couch holding it against a cushion. It gets a bit heavy on the wrist after a while, and you may want a holder. But there is no sitting required to watch a video when you use an iPad. This was something I didn't think that I would use an iPad for. I was impressed how well it works as a video player. The Apple store is also selling a VGA cable to connect an iPad to a TV. I am not sure if it can transfer the audio as well as the video. But I think I may also try that in the future. Try the Netflix app and the ABC player app for this if you have an iPad already.
The only issue I found in video viewing was the shiny surface. The touchscreen is the best if it is used indoors without direct lighting that will cause annoying glare.
For videos that are online, however, the iPad is unable to play any Flash files although it plays MPEG4 files well.
IPad as an eBook Reader: Better but…
I wasn't terribly impressed by iBooks, which comes with one free book, Winnie the Pooh. (There are more you can download.)  There was the obvious advantage of having a larger screen and being a tablet rather than a computer with a keyboard. But I could not zoom in and out freely in iBooks as I did using Safari. IBooks only offer two font sizes. Also, as a reading screen, an iPad is no different from a computer screen except that its surface gets a lot of glare which would make lunchtime reading outdoors challenging. The iPad screen doesn't use the e-Ink technology, as many noted, and so, is hard on the eyes for prolonged reading. The iPad also seems to lack the accessibility feature of reading out the content of an ebook in iBooks or of a web page in Safari like the iPhone 3GS (although I am not 100% sure). The iPad also is equipped with much-touted iPhone OS' accessibility features that allow zooming in and out of the screen itself rather than the fonts and make the content on the web read aloud. In order to use this features, one has to go to the Accessibility tab on the Settings. Make sure to double-tap with three fingers when you want to return to the normal screen after you turn on the zoom function.
IBooks also doesn't allow highlighting and notes-adding feature that the Kindle iPad app offers. And finding a free eBook for iBooks is not as intuitive as it could be. (One needs to go to the App Store first. ) I liked the dictionary function of iBooks a lot but was disappointed that there was no way to use the dictionary as a stand-alone app to look up whatever word I would like. I thought this was very odd. Overall, I was more impressed with the Classics app on the iPhone, which is pretty much identical with iBook except that iBooks lacks the page-turning sound (again, such a shame! the sound makes a big difference).
The iPad hasn't yet changed my preference for reading a book in paper whenever possible. I think eBook readers have still a long way to go to become even a remote competitor with books in paper.
IPad as a PDF reader: Promising but Awaiting Better Apps…
Reading PDF files is one of the big reasons that made me to get an iPad. But in order to do that, you need to get an app. The iPad allows you to read PDF files online but not to download them on the iPad, which seems to me to be ridiculous. I purchased GoodReader which allows syncing with Dropbox, Google Docs, Box.net, etc. It also allows you to directly search and download PDFs onto iPad from the web.
But I realized that in order for me to save trees, I need to be able to annotate on the PDF files that I read. So I got iAnnotate for that purpose. Both apps work well, and iAnnotate also supports downloading the annotated pdf file back to the computer although I have not tried this yet. The only issue with iAnnotate is that it doesn't sync with Dropbox or Google Docs and you have to manually upload documents to the iAnnotate application on your computer. I am hoping that iAnnotate adds the sync feature with Dropbox in the future.
I haven't read much yet on iAnnotate nor GoodReader. But so far it seems to be promising. And if I can get most of my PDF readings done on the iPad rather than printing them out on the papers or reading in front of my computers, it would be a huge benefit for me. Just to store and read PDF files, the Evernote app also does a great job. This app is free and allows voice recording as well as creating notes. (This is how I found out that the iPad comes with a mic but there was no Voice Memos app on the default screen. I realized that in order to use the built-in mic, one needs to go to the Apple App store and download Voice Memos for iPad. This app is free. I think in the future, Apple may add more default apps to the iPad.)
IPad for Online Reading: Excellent
While the iPad is so-so as an ebook reader and it is yet to be seen if it will be good for PDF reading/annotating, it works quite well for online surfing and casual reading onthe web. The USA Today app almost makes you feel as if you were reading a newspaper in paper again. The BBC News app allows one to easily browse news and plays video in a news article.
IPad as a Gaming Device: Promising
I have only tried Scrabble on the iPad, but I think gaming on the iPad will be quite cool since it will provide a larger screen to fill with images and may well provide a more intuitive control for games. I think it would be addictive if a good role-playing game comes out for the iPad but any simple games will be fun as well.
I think that overall the iPad is an interesting device and that the large part of its success will depend on the apps that can take advantage of the unique features of this device. I am disappointed, however, to find that Apple is offering a lesser version of the iPhone OS for the iPad with the limited number of international keyboards.
As also noted by many, the way Apple designed the iPad to run the silos of applications that do not talk to each other becomes glaringly annoying as one needs to save multiple copies of one and the same file to use it for different applications. One copy for iAnnotate. Another copy of the same file for GoodReader. You get the idea of how inefficient and stupid this is. The iPad also makes it a huge pain to import and export any files. Why no way to exchange files directly between at least the iPad and the iPhone?
I am not going to even bother with commenting on the lack of built-in camera, which is obviously an intentional omission by Apple. (See WePad for example, which runs Flash, comes with USB ports, a built-in web cam, an inbuilt card reader and expandable memory.)
Lastly, it will be interesting to see how publishers and news media will provide content to the iPad users. Already the TIME magazine packaged their weekly magazine as an individual app and priced it for $4.99 in the App Store. This caused a lot of complaints from users who didn't realize that they were purchasing only one weekly magazine. The Wall Street Journal app also requires its users to create an account even for free content, which I found to be annoying and disturbing.


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Parking In Yards
In February 2007 the Deer Park City Council passed an Ordinance (Ord. 3129) against parking vehicles in yards. The Ordinance states...
Sec. 66-97. - Parking in yard.
- No property owner or leaseholder shall allow any persons to park any vehicle, trailer, boat, recreational vehicle, personal water craft, all terrain vehicle or any motor propelled vehicle anywhere on the front yard residential lot, except in the garage or driveway, for more than two consecutive hours. Driveway shall be defined as an area perpendicular to the street, running between the street and the house in a location on the lot aligned with the garage or the part of the house where the garage was originally located and only as wide as the original garage. Paved surfaces commonly used as a driveway at the effective date of this section shall always be considered the driveway for purposes of this section. Driveways of greater than 20 feet in width are permitted provided they are paved with either concrete or asphalt and received a permit for construction from the public works department. Circular driveways are permitted if they are in existence as of the effective date of this section. Circular driveways may be permitted after the effective date of this section if they are not more than 15 feet in width, extend from the street to the street or another driveway, and are surfaced with either concrete or asphalt. For purposes of this section, the front yard of any residential lot shall be considered the yard area between the residence and any adjacent public street.
- Any person who violates will be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $50.00 to $250.00 upon conviction.
(Ord. No. 3129, § 1, 2-20-2007; Ord. No. 3216, § I, 8-19-2008)
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December 12, 2006
FOMC statement
For immediate release
The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 percent.
Economic growth has slowed over the course of the year, partly reflecting a substantial cooling of the housing market. Although recent indicators have been mixed, the economy seems likely to expand at a moderate pace on balance over coming quarters.
Readings on core inflation have been elevated, and the high level of resource utilization has the potential to sustain inflation pressures. However, inflation pressures seem likely to moderate over time, reflecting reduced impetus from energy prices, contained inflation expectations, and the cumulative effects of monetary policy actions and other factors restraining aggregate demand.
Nonetheless, the Committee judges that some inflation risks remain. The extent and timing of any additional firming that may be needed to address these risks will depend on the evolution of the outlook for both inflation and economic growth, as implied by incoming information.
Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman; Timothy F. Geithner, Vice Chairman; Susan S. Bies; Donald L. Kohn; Randall S. Kroszner; Frederic S. Mishkin; Sandra Pianalto; William Poole; Kevin M. Warsh; and Janet L. Yellen. Voting against was Jeffrey M. Lacker, who preferred an increase of 25 basis points in the federal funds rate target at this meeting.


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Public health officials in some states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately make things look better than they are.
The risk is that politicians, business owners and ordinary Americans who are making decisions about lockdowns, reopenings and other day-to-day matters could be left with the impression that the virus is under more control than it actually is.
In Virginia, Texas and Vermont, for example, officials said they have been combining the results of viral tests, which show an active infection, with antibody tests, which show a past infection. Public health experts say that can make for impressive-looking testing totals but does not give a true picture of how the virus is spreading.
In Florida, the data scientist who developed the state's coronavirus dashboard, Rebekah Jones, said this week that she was fired for refusing to manipulate data "to drum up support for the plan to reopen." Calls to health officials for comment were not immediately returned Tuesday.
In Georgia, one of the earliest states to ease up on lockdowns and assure the public it was safe to go out again, the Department of Public Health published a graph around May 11 that showed new COVID-19 cases declining over time in the most severely affected counties. The daily entries, however, were not arranged in chronological order but in descending order.
For example, the May 7 totals came right before April 26, which was followed by May 3. A quick look at the graph made it appear as if the decline was smoother than it really was. The graph was taken down within about a day.
Georgia state Rep. Jasmine Clark, a Democrat with a doctorate in microbiology, said the graph was a "prime example of malfeasance."
"Sadly it feels like there's been an attempt to make the data fit the narrative, and that's not how data works," she said.
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's office denied there was any attempt to deceive the public.
Guidelines from the Trump administration say that before states begin reopening, they should see a 14-day downward trend in infections. However, some states have reopened when infections were still climbing or had plateaued. States have also been instructed to expand testing and contact tracing.
The U.S. has recorded 1.5 million confirmed infections and over 90,000 deaths.
Vermont and Virginia said they stopped combining the two types of tests in the past few days. Still, health officials in Virginia, where Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has eased up on restrictions, said that combining the numbers caused "no difference in overall trends."
In Texas, where health officials said last week that they were including some antibody results in their testing totals and case counts, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that the numbers were not being commingled. Health officials did not respond to requests for clarification.
Georgia's Department of Public Health also regularly publishes a graph that shows cases over time, except new infections are not listed on the day they came back positive, which is the practice in many other states. Instead, Georgia lists new cases on the day the patient first reported symptoms.
That practice can shift the timeline of the outbreak and make it appear as if the state is moving past the peak.
Kemp spokesperson Candice Broce insisted that the governor's office is not telling the department what to do and that officials are not trying to dress up the data to make Kemp look better, saying that "could not be further from the truth."
As for the May 11 graph, Broce said public health officials were trying to highlight which days had seen the highest peaks of infections. "It was not intended to mislead," Broce said Tuesday. "It was always intended to be helpful."
Thomas Tsai, a professor at the Harvard Global Health Institute, said the way Georgia reports data makes it harder to understand what the current conditions are, and he worries that other states may also be presenting data in a way that doesn't capture the most up-to-date information.
Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said a lot of these cases are not necessarily the result of any attempt to fool the public. For example, she said, states may not have updated information systems that allow them to tell the difference between an antibody test and a viral test.
Still, if states are mixing a lot of testing numbers together, "you're not going to be able to make good decisions about reopening and about what level of disease you have in the community," Nuzzo said.


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Alberto Urdaneta, director of alternative energy at the electricity ministry, says that the country is aiming for 1.7GW by 2015, with focus on the northwestern Zulia state, where 750MW could be installed over five years.
The country has no commercial wind farms. It does, however, have two data collection towers in Zulia under a $2 million venture with the Portuguese government to map Venezuela's wind and solar potential, Urdaneta says. The bulk of new investment will be in Zulia's Guajira peninsula, a thinly populated agricultural area near Colombia.
Exceptional resource
There is already enough data to start designing a wind farm of up to 500MW, according to Urdaneta. "In the Guajira there is an exceptional resource. Average wind speeds are ten metres a second and it is very stable in velocity and direction," he says. His department is working on designs for the first 150MW stage of a wind farm in Guajira.
Urdaneta says the area is especially appropriate for wind development because of its low population density, and that farming does not compete with wind power production. There are also links via 400kW and 180kW transmission lines to Maracaibo, the state capital and Venezuela's second-largest city, whose main economy is the oil produced in and around Lake Maracaibo.
The ministry's efforts are separate from a series of medium-sized projects led by state-run energy giant Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), he adds, saying that in the Paraguana peninsula in the state of Falcon, near Zulia, PDVSA is already lifting towers into place on the site.
A separate Venezuelan source, speaking off the record, says that 24 of the 76 tower foundations have been completed.
PDVSA is also pursuing 72MW of wind power projects on three sites spread across the country, first detailed in a 2008 memorandum of understanding with Portuguese company Galp.
"There had been a plan for pilot projects: 24MW in La Guajira, 24MW on Margarita Island, 24MW in Chacopata on the Araya Peninsula," Urdaneta says. All three sites are on the Caribbean in the states of Zulia, Nueva Espara and Sucre.
Last year's financial crisis means this three-part project might now be moving faster, according to Urdaneta. "We would have had to wait three years for the equipment," he says. "Now there is cheap unsold stock that we can pay for immediately. There is an opportunity." The ministry is working with PDVSA seeking financing for the project.
Venezuela has a number a micro wind power projects, designed to help households in rural areas away from the electricity grid.
Energy security
The wind expansion is part of a national energy plan announced at the end of 2009. In January, President Hugo Chavez announced a $1 billion fund intended to tackle the nation's electricity problems.
At the end of last year, some 70% of the country's electricity came from a single source, the Guri hydroelectric dam. When the dam experienced a shortage of water due to an exceptional dry period, the nation suffered a series of power outages. The National Electricity Fund has to tackle a portfolio of 109 projects, which include energy saving, solar power, maintenance and distribution.


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HOUSTON — Last offseason, the Houston Rockets were an afterthought, a young team with little star power.
Now, after trading for James Harden just before this past season and adding Dwight Howard on Friday, Houston is suddenly primed to contend sooner than almost anybody expected.
Still, Houston general manager Daryl Morey knows nabbing Howard is only the first step in a long process for his team.
"We haven't accomplished anything yet, but we're putting something pretty cool together, I think," Morey said in an interview with Comcast SportsNet Houston.
Howard is the Rockets' latest superstar center, following Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon and eight-time All-Star Yao Ming.
They reached the playoffs for the first time since 2009 this season and battled back from a 3-0 deficit before being eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6.
Their return to the postseason showed they have plenty of speed and long-range scoring power with Harden, Jeremy Lin and Chandler Parsons. Omer Asik was a solid rebounder in the playoff run and averaged 12.3 points in the series, but it was clear that the team needed a more potent scoring threat inside.
The addition of Howard gives them just that, as the 6-foot-11 star has averaged more than 18 points and almost 13 rebounds in his nine-year career.
His one season in Los Angeles was filled with unrest, including what many believed to be a less than positive relationship with Kobe Bryant. Bryant unfollowed Howard on Twitter on Friday night after he announced his decision to join the Rockets with a tweet.
It was the end of a short tenure with the Lakers in which Howard averaged 17 points and almost 11 rebounds in the playoffs, where the injury-riddled team was swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round.
Morey believes his team offers many benefits to the 27-year-old center, but one thing sealed the deal.
"I think Dwight's in a great place in his career," Morey said in the television interview. "He's focused on winning and we gave him the best chance to win. It's that simple."
Howard can't officially sign until July 10 when next season's salary cap has been set. The Rockets can pay him $88 million over a four-year contract — $30 million less than what Los Angeles could have given him.
But in Houston, Howard saw the chance to join Harden and boost this up-and-coming team. Harden blossomed in his first year with the Rockets, going from stellar sixth man with the Thunder to Houston's top player. He averaged 25.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.8 steals, setting career highs in each category.
After Howard made his decision Friday night, Harden tweeted: "Houston we have lift off!!," and posted a photo to Instagram of him and his newest teammate together.
"No matter how you look at it we thought it was a pretty straightforward choice," Morey said on Comcast. "To Dwight's credit he did turn down a pretty significant amount of money to come to the Rockets. It shows his mindset that he's really ready to take that next step. If you look at best players, James Harden is the best player out there that he could join."
But Harden certainly isn't Houston's only weapon. The Rockets signed Lin last season to run their offense and they were also buoyed by the development of Parsons, a second-round pick in 2011.
Parsons averaged 15.5 points last season and was even better in the playoffs when Lin was ailing, averaging 18.2 points against the Thunder.
Morey believes the move puts the Rockets among the top teams in the Western Conference and definitely positions them to contend for a title. He pointed to the Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder as the teams he sees as Houston's biggest competition next season.
"We obviously have our work cut out for us," he said on Comcast. "We're going to set ourselves up to be able to compete with them. This move is obviously the most important one. We'll let the chips fall where they may."
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Former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja feels India can go on to "brownwash" England in the ongoing Test series if it wins the second match of the series starting November 23 in Mumbai.
India have taken a 1-0 lead in the series after winning the opening Test in Ahmedabad by nine wickets yesterday.
Rameez felt the wicket will turn even more in Mumbai and this would work to the home team's advantage.
"If England lose in Mumbai then India will have the clear edge. India will then have the excellent opportunity to go for a 4-0 result, which can be called a 'brownwash'," Rameez told PTI-Bhasha.
"India can win all the four matches and I feel the wicket will turn more in Mumbai. India definitely have the upperhand but England have shown the stomach for fight and the series would be an intersting one," he said.
India were humiliated 0-4 by England in an away series last year and winning at home would be sweet revenge for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men.
"England's bowling seems weak given the pitches here. Indians, on the other hand, are masters of spin," Rameez explained.
Rameez praised young Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored 206 and 41 in the Ahmedabad Test to win the man of the match award.
"Pujara played a fine innings. England may be technically weaker but are a mentally strong unit. I feel to score over 200 against a team like that is the hallmark of a confident batsman," he said.
But Rameez felt Pujara should not be compared to Rahul Dravid just yet.
"To compare him to Dravid is going a bit too far. Dravid has himself told me that he was not as confident when he was Pujara's age," he said.


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World Cups are a series of international competitions held during the competition flying season. The competitors range from the highly experienced and successful fliers through those in the mid-field who are working their way up the rankings down to those who are just moving into international competition. World Cups are a excellent way for young people to taste the thrills of competing in international competition alongside experienced, successful competitors - including current and ex-World or European Champions - and to hone their skills so that they may one day qualify to represent their county in World and Continental Championships.
The season generally begins in February and ends in October in any year. A World Cup is held each year in the categories of:
The World Cups take place in various countries and in various classes within the categories mentioned above. Essentially, a competitor may enter as many World Cups in his particular class as he wishes but only a limited number may count for classification purposes. This number, and the rules, may vary from category to category.
Each category of World Cup has a Co-ordinator who regularly publishes the results during the season. There is a "leader board" for each of the classes which is also updated regularly. The final results and rankings are published at the end of the season. At the annual meeting of the FAI Aeromodelling Commission held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the World Cup winner and the second & third placed competitors in each class are presented with an FAI medal and diploma.


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October 25, 2012
Sodexo to provide food service to Union, other campus dining locations
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
Kansas State University is expanding its partnership with Sodexo. Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, Sodexo will provide retail and catering services in the K-State Student Union.
This change comes as a result of Chartwells, the Union's current food service provider, serving notice of its intent to terminate its agreement on Dec. 31.
Sodexo will manage food service at all current dining service locations, including Hale Library, Trotter Hall and the Center for Child Development.
Bill Smriga, director of the K-State Student Union, expects a seamless transition to take place between semesters.
"The K-State Student Union looks forward to this new partnership and the positive changes that are expected to come from it," Smriga said.
Students took an active role in the decision.
"Student Government welcomes Sodexo to our Student Union. As we move forward with this transition, SGA remains committed to working with the K-State Student Union to ensure the best dining experience for students," said Nate Spriggs, student body president.
All existing catering contracts and pricing will be honored, and current pricing in all retail areas will remain the same through June 30, 2013. Sodexo will honor existing promotion and discount programs such as Cat Cash bonus bucks and the refillable mug program. All current Chartwells hourly employees will be offered the opportunity to retain their jobs.
Sodexo has been a proud partner of K-State Athletics since 2010, providing catering and concessions services for all athletic events. The on-site Sodexo team will ensure high quality food will continue to be served at a great value for the campus and with excellent customer service.


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I know how to check hard disk integrity, and how to check RAM integrity (with live cd), but is there a way to check if others hardware is working well or is broken?
For example graphic card, audio card, etc.. ?
I'm not trying to check in an hardware works well with ubuntu (aka driver question), i need to check if an hardware is broken or not


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Photo: @radexperience's Instagram
Move of the day: The Mermaid
Today it's time to stretch and tone! Our trainer Robbie Ann Darby calls today's move "The Mermaid," because it will have you reaching as long and lean as that Disney princess you loved back in the day. This move is a great core stabilizer (hello, abs!) and will tone your booty. For the runners, it will also open up those tight hips.
Like Aaliyah says: Work the middle, work the middle! Aim for 3 mermaids, and hold each for 15 seconds. Want a little more? Add on yesterday's plank and hold for 30 seconds. Shaking is a good sign… it means you're getting stronger!
Pair your mermaid with a 30 minute yoga session, and your workout is done!
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A moment for you: "The truth is, it's a lot of sacrifice. It's more about your mental strength than physical strength. You have to push yourself."- Beyoncé
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